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It felt to me like Grant had taken a position before alked into that roo in He was entrenched And he was happy and secure in his foxhole

CHAPTER 11

GRANT’S FOXHOLE WASN’T going to protect him or stop me

He had totally denied his confession, acted as though I were the crazy one, and that was infuriating Still, I couldn’t show hi a fool ofAll I had to do was get Grant to repeat three of the roughly one hundred words he’d spoken to me just before I’d arrested him All I needed him to say was “I did it”

He’d been proud of himself when he took credit for the blast, no doubt in my mind about that I would appeal to his vanity I moved my chair to the corner of the table so that it wasn’t between us and I was sitting closer to him I made a conscious effort to relax the ain at my dear friend Connor Grant

“People misunderstand each other all the time You’re upset Who wouldn’t be? You’re worried, of course”

“Nope”

“Mr Grant, I saw the ht there when it happened and it was really … just awesome That’s why I’m so interested, and when you told me you’d blown it up—”

“Nope”

“I’d really love to kno did you do it? You’re a science teacher, aren’t you? Maybe if you just use layman’s terms, so I can understand you—”

“Well, I don’t understand you at all”

Brady got up fro up shifted the atmosphere, like when a rodeo bull explodes out of the chute

He spun the chair away from him It scraped the floor, toppled over, clattered I bit my lip as Brady slammed both hands down on the table It shook As pro in

He said, “NoYou confessed to Sergeant Boxer and also to Joseph Molinari, who happens to be a forent and the former deputy director of Homeland Security These two unimpeachable witnesses corroborate each other’s stateainst you”

Grant tilted his head back and just looked up at Brady Like he was fascinated